diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ipopt/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ipopt/package.py
index 1aa8e807c41..f35fa45dade 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ipopt/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ipopt/package.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ def install(self, spec, prefix):
             "--with-mumps-incdir=%s" % mumps_dir.include,
             "--with-mumps-lib=%s" % mumps_libcmd,
             "--enable-shared",
+            "coin_skip_warn_cxxflags=yes",
             "--with-blas-incdir=%s" % blas_dir.include,
             "--with-blas-lib=%s" % blas_lib,
             "--with-lapack-incdir=%s" % lapack_dir.include,